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Misconceptions about corporal punishment in Islam Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Mohammed Shafiq, Akhtar Munir, Sarah Little
Early Islamic scriptures mention the use of corporal punishment parenting strategies to rectify behaviour in children. However, many Islamic scholars strongly warn against employing corporal punishment as a discipline strategy. This discussion paper aimed to examine the misconceptions surrounding the use of corporal punishment as a parenting strategy in religious teachings and explores the sociocultural
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Food insecurity: Discrepancy within Australian couple households Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Jane M. Fry, Jeromey B. Temple
Food security remains a global public health priority but there may be bias in the prevalence of household food insecurity, depending upon who answers the questions. Using a cross-section from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, we analysed components of food insecurity reported separately by both partners in 718 households, allowing examination of discrepancies among
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Justice reinvestment—Local solutions for young people in contact with the criminal justice system, but should more be done? Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Leigh Haysom
Justice Reinvestment aims to prevent young people coming into contact with the criminal justice system through place-based, data-driven and evidence-based community solutions developed through community-based leadership and partnerships. The initiative also advocates for strategic changes to the justice system, with any savings reinvested into successful community programs. This paper will discuss
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Disability, employment and welfare reform: A comparative analysis of Australia and Denmark Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Gyu-Jin Hwang, Natasja Koitzsch Jensen, Dinesh Wadiwel
From the poor-relief tradition to the social citizenship-based development of the welfare state, the question of available social supports for people with disability has been one of the central issues of welfare reform agendas. Under the increasing influence of neoliberal rationalities, many welfare states have engaged in the redefinition of capacity and incapacity to work in an attempt to manage the
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Fairness perceptions of income‐based educational inequality: The impact of social class and ideological orientations Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Jung‐Sook Lee, Meghan Stacey
Income‐based educational inequality is a global issue. In Australia, schools in the relatively large private sector charge a range of fees, with public schools also exhibiting considerable income differences. Using a nationally representative sample in the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes, we examined the public's fairness perceptions of income‐based educational inequality and how their fairness
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Public narratives of disadvantage across multiple groups in Australia: A research map and practice reflections Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Peter Bragge, Simon D. Angus, Alex Fischer, Alyse Lennox, Alex R. Piquero, Tim Reddel, Liam Smith, Lucas Walsh, Rebecca Wickes, Abby Wild, Nicholas Faulkner
This paper provides the first known “heatmap” representing Australian public narratives across a range of groups experiencing disadvantage developed from a comprehensive literature review of primary Australian studies between 2020 and 2021. Eleven narratives were identified across 14 population groups with the most frequent being deficit narratives, misrepresentation of the issue and ‘absent’ narratives
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How does the media represent institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities? A case study of the Malka Leifer court case Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Philip Mendes, Marcia Pinskier, Susan Baidawi
Concerns about institutional child sexual abuse within Jewish communities have been documented in two recent national enquiries into child sexual abuse, in Australia, and England and Wales. Yet to date, there has been little analysis of how media reporting informs public awareness of these concerns, and potential programme and policy responses. This paper examines media reports of the high-profile
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Intergenerational financial assistance with home ownership: Considering the potential for financial elder abuse Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Julia Cook, Peta S. Cook
Intergenerational financial assistance with home ownership has attracted increasing scholarly interest in recent years. Existing research has focussed primarily on its impact on inequality, housing market outcomes and notions of meritocracy, as well as the relational dynamics through which it is negotiated. The topic of financial elder abuse has, however, remained an area of relative silence in this
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Mothers and sportsmen: The gendered and racialised nature of role model selection for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander youths Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Michael Andre Guerzoni, Jacob Prehn, Huw Peacock
This article seeks to understand who Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children select as role models, and the reasons underlying these choices. Drawing data from Wave 8 of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, it comprises a sample of 307 children (169 male and 138 female) aged between 10.5 and 12 years at the time of data collection. Content analysis was used to analyse survey responses
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Positive behaviour support under the National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia: Barriers, enablers and support needs from the perspective of practitioners Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Alinka Fisher, Kymberly Louise, Katrina Reschke, Peter Kremer, Glenn Kelly
This paper examines the experiences of behaviour support practitioners providing positive behaviour support (PBS) under the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), including perceived barriers and enablers of practice, and ongoing support needs. It reports on data provided by NDIS PBS practitioners (n = 392) in a cross-sectional mixed methods survey employed to examine the characteristics
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Supports desired by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in fatherhood: Focussing on the social and cultural determinates of health and well-being Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Jacob Prehn, Michael Andre Guerzoni, Huw Peacock, Mick Adams, Bhiamie Williamson, Len Collard, Kootsy Canuto
In Australia, there is insufficient exploration and understanding of how we can strengthen the critical role played by Indigenous fathers. This paper argues that for Indigenous fathers to feel supported in childrearing, greater attention must be given to their social and cultural determinants of health and well-being. To gain insights into the challenges experienced by Indigenous fathers and the support
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“Not just a new house”: The complexities of undoing institutional practices and identities in transitions to community living Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Amanda Howard, Lou Johnston, Emma Tseris, Pam Joseph
While scholarship regarding the promises and challenges of deinstitutionalisation is expansive, less is known about deinstitutionalisation within the context of contemporary neoliberal disability policy frameworks. This article reports on a study exploring recent transitions from institutional to community living within the context of the highly contested National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
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Health-Poverty Inequality in Australia from 2001 to 2018 Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Dajung Jun, Matt Sutton
While established measures gauge poverty across diverse aspects of life, a definitive metric for health poverty in Australia remains absent. This study examines health poverty trends, identifying priorities for interventions to improve overall population health. We define health poverty as the state of falling below a specified minimum threshold in any critical health aspect, encompassing physical
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Sticky places for regional immigrant settlement: A literature review Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Leena Bakshi, Fiona Haslam McKenzie, Julian Bolleter
Since 1996, migration-related schemes have directed new immigrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants to regional Australia to mitigate the need for skills and declining population growth in these locations. However, a key concern of these schemes is the uncertainty of long-term immigrant retention in regional locations beyond the stipulated visa category period. We draw on the metaphor of stickiness:
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Cultural care and Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Heidi Norman
An appreciation of Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales (NSW) is characterised by two dominant narratives. One is that land rights are central to achieving and advancing recognition of and support for the existence and survival of Aboriginal peoples in the settled spaces of south-eastern Australia. In this view, Aboriginal land rights realise intrinsic political power. The second dominant narrative
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Child, parent and contextual factors associated with child protection system involvement and child maltreatment in the family: A rapid evidence review Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Daryl J. Higgins, Gabrielle R. Hunt
Child abuse and neglect in the home is a prevalent and significant issue in Australia. Recent findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study revealed that 62.2 per cent of participants had experienced at least one type of maltreatment during childhood, with most reporting multi-type maltreatment. This rapid evidence review was aimed at understanding factors associated with child abuse and neglect
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Attitudes toward demographic diversity in 16 advanced economies: Perceptions of conflict matters more than income Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Mohsen Joshanloo, Joonha Park
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of several factors that potentially contribute to attitudes toward demographic (i.e., racial, ethnic and religious) diversity in 16 advanced economies, using data from a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2021 (N = 16,254). Specifically, the study aimed to examine 12 potential covariates of anti-diversity attitudes, using Bayesian multilevel
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How has the media framed the introduction of the supervised injecting room in Victoria? A comparison of editorials of The Age and Herald Sun 2017–2022 Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Philip Mendes, Robert Taylor, Steven Roche
Influenced by a harm reduction philosophy, the then Victorian Labor Government announced the establishment of the state's first medically supervised injecting room (MSIR) in North Richmond in late 2017. But, public and political opinion remains sharply divided as to the merits of the MSIR. One influence on policy development appears to be media commentary on the MSIR and the wider illicit drugs policy
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“I hope you aren't becoming woke”: New politicised contours of online ableism in response to disability advocacy by 2022 Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Raelene West, Belinda Johnson
Ableist hate speech regularly appears in online comment-enabled articles on social media, whenever disability-related topics enter public discourse. In 2022, Dylan Alcott's appointment as Australian of the Year as a person with disability was widely celebrated. Despite this progress, we identified new forms of politicised ableism in online responses to his disability advocacy in this role. This research
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Responding to COVID-19: How group model building can assist the health and well-being of urban Indigenous communities in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Bronwyn Fredericks, Abraham Bradfield, Sue McAvoy, James Ward, Shea Spierings, Troy Combo, Agnes Toth-Peter
In this paper, we discuss a rapid-fire study involving Indigenous and non-Indigenous stakeholders from the urban Indigenous health sector who collaborated to produce an “Urban COVID-19 Systems Map.” The map outlines the behaviours, actions and responses that stakeholders identified as mitigating or exacerbating COVID-19 risks in urban Indigenous communities. Data were collected and analysed during
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The prevalence of corporal punishment in Australia: Findings from a nationally representative survey Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Divna M. Haslam, Eva Malacova, Daryl Higgins, Franziska Meinck, Ben Mathews, Hannah Thomas, David Finkelhor, Sophie Havighurst, Rosana Pacella, Holly Erskine, James G. Scott, David Lawrence
Corporal punishment is associated with adverse outcomes; however, little empirical data exists about the state of corporal punishment in Australia. This paper presents the first national prevalence estimates of experiences of corporal punishment during childhood among Australians and its use as adults by Australian parents and caregivers. We also report community beliefs about the necessity of corporal
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Prohibition of corporal punishment and alternative justifications for the lawful use of force against children in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Elizabeth Dallaston
The prohibition of corporal punishment in Australia will require reform of the criminal law of assault to abolish defences in each Australian state and territory that permit the use of force on children for the purpose of punishment. This paper highlights the anomaly of those defences by undertaking a comparative doctrinal analysis with other Australian criminal law principles that excuse the use of
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The normalisation of sexual violence revictimisation in regional and rural areas: Our failure to respond Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Emily Corbett, Jennifer Power, Jacqui Theobald, Lee Edmonds, Kate Wright, Leesa Hooker
Sexual revictimisation has devastating consequences for victim/survivors, yet there is limited research exploring women's experience of revictimisation in regional/rural areas. Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, this paper reports on a qualitative study that employed a material feminist lens and Nixon's theory of “slow violence” to explore women's lived experiences of sexual
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Data and evaluation: A match made in policy heaven Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Andrew Leigh
Better data are fundamental to improving the effectiveness of policies. Drawing on examples from nutrition, education, criminal justice and income support, I discuss how data access has contributed to policy improvements. Data linkage across departments can also help ensure that policymakers are focussed on the right policy goals, rather than merely those that are easiest to measure. As governments
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A “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Naomi Priest, Marian Esler, Yusuf Ransome, David R. Williams, Ryan Perry
This study investigates associations between religious involvement and identity and attitudes related to domestic violence using nationally representative cross-sectional data from n = 1287 Australian adults in the 2018 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA). Linear regression models were used to analyse the association between religious involvement (frequency of service attendance and prayer)
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Delivering decision making support to people with cognitive disability—What more has been learned from pilot programmes in Australia and internationally from 2016 to 2021? Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Shih-Ning Then, Julia Duffy, Christine Bigby, Craig Sinclair, Ilan Wiesel, Terry Carney, Jacinta Douglas
Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been instrumental in driving the development of the concept and practice of supported decision making. An important feature has been the development of “supported decision making pilots.” This paper identifies, describes and analyses pilot programmes providing support for decision making for people with cognitive
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome and other neonatal outcomes for the infants of women experiencing incarceration: A retrospective cohort study Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Megan F. Bell, Erin Kelty, Leonie Segal, Susan Dennison, Stuart A. Kinner, Sharon Dawe, Matthew J. Spittal, David B. Preen
Substance use during pregnancy is associated with poor neonatal outcomes. Women incarcerated during pregnancy may have a history of substance use, and their babies may be at risk of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). This study examines the incidence of NAS and other outcomes in infants born to currently or formerly incarcerated women. Infants born between 1985 and 2011 in Western Australia were divided
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Consumer participation in homelessness service delivery in Australia: What is it for? Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Skye Constantine
The involvement of people with lived experience is broadly recognised as beneficial, and possibly essential, to effective service and policy planning. However, in the field of homelessness service delivery, this has not been thoroughly researched. To build a greater understanding of participation activities and identify opportunities for lived experience contributions in addressing homelessness, this
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AIFS: Elder abuse prevalence among older people living in the community in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Lixia Qu, Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson, Dinika Rooppani, John De Maio, Jacqui Harvey, Briony Horsfall
The National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study was the first major national study to gauge the prevalence and nature of elder abuse in Australia. A survey of older people aged 65 years and older living in private dwellings was carried out in 2020, with 7000 participants across the nation who were interviewed by telephone. The survey data suggested that 14.8 per cent of the population aged 65 and older who
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The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of Australian visual artists and arts workers Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Jenny Lye, Joe Hirschberg, Grace McQuilten, Chloë Powell, Kate MacNeill, Marnie Badham
In this paper, we assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Australian visual arts sector. We base our analysis on the responses of over 1500 visual artists and arts workers to a survey conducted by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), the national peak body for the visual and media arts, craft and design sector in September 2021. NAVA employed this online survey to study the
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“It's Self-Determination. Blackfullas Making Right Decisions for Blackfullas”: Why Indigenous-owned businesses create better Indigenous employment outcomes Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Christian Eva, Jessica Harris, Kerry Bodle, Dennis Foley, Boyd Hunter, Nina Nichols
Previous research demonstrates that businesses that are Indigenous-owned are far more likely to employ Indigenous people than non-Indigenous-owned businesses (Hunter, 2015, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 26, 631). The majority of the literature on Indigenous employment uses a deficit discourse, describing factors that prevent or exclude Indigenous people from non-Indigenous-owned organisations
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Getting more value from Australian Intergenerational Reports Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Andrew Podger
This article highlights the lessons learned from a study of the 2021 Intergenerational Report hosted by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. That study, published in a book, More than Fiscal, (Podger et al., 2023, More than Fiscal, ANU Press), also advises how to improve future IGRs. The article includes a brief assessment of the extent to which the recently published 2023 IGR takes up
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“The most significant child welfare reform in a generation”: An examination of the strategies used by the Home Stretch campaign Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Philip Mendes
For more than three decades, official and independent enquiries have documented the poor outcomes experienced by many young people transitioning from out-of-home care (OOHC) in Australia, known as care leavers. Yet, until 2017, most of the state and territory governments cut off financial support to these vulnerable young people at no later than 18 years of age and failed to provide them with the ongoing
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Exploring the role of university education in reducing the appeal of right-wing populism Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Nathan Manning, Djordje Stefanovic
Why are university-educated ethnic majority men less likely to support right-wing populism (RWP) than those without university education? To investigate this under-researched question, we conducted an exploratory study using semistructured interviews and thematic analysis with white Australian men from different socioeconomic backgrounds. While some with university education supported RWP, their views
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The experiences of reporting sexism toward female paramedics in Australian ambulance services: A scoping review Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-10-02 Alexandra Cassidy, Brooke Hunt, Alisha McFarlane, Bronwyn Beovich
Paramedicine in Australia was historically male-dominated, and despite the development within the profession, sexism against women remains a major hurdle for a safe workplace. The aim of this scoping review was to identify experiences of reporting sexism toward female paramedics in Australian ambulance services and identify barriers impacting the decision to submit a report. Literature searches were
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Socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for people who use drugs Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Shelley Walker, Paul Dietze, Peter Higgs, Bernadette Ward, Carla Treloar, Mark Stoové, Kasun Rathnayake, Jospeph Doyle, Margaret Hellard, Lisa Maher
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered widespread socioeconomic hardship, disproportionately impacting disadvantaged populations. People who use illicit drugs are more likely to experience unemployment, homelessness, criminal justice involvement and poorer health outcomes than the general community, yet little is known about the socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on their lives. To address this gap in
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It is time for nationally equitable access to assistive technology and home modifications in Australia: An equity benchmarking study Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Natasha Layton, Natasha Brusco, Libby Callaway, Lauren Henley, Rosalie H. Wang
Australians with disability have inequitable access to assistive technology (AT) and home modifications (HMs). This is inconsistent with human rights obligations and fails to capitalise on internationally recognised potential return on investment. Co-designed with a consortium of AT stakeholders, this study quantifies the public provision of AT and HM in Australia by identifying all publicly funded
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Children's rights violations: Parental corporal punishment under the microscope Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Laetitia-Ann Greeff
When Australia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) in 1990, all children within its borders became entitled to the protection of the rights set out in the Convention. Children, thus, became rights holders. More than just human rights holders, they became children's rights holders. The Convention is the first international instrument to address the protection
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Understanding conviviality in Australian suburbs with high Muslim concentrations: A qualitative case study in Melbourne Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Karien Dekker, Ashleigh Haw
This article explores the concept of conviviality: the practice and negotiation of sharing space in suburbs with diverse populations (Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2016, 37, 423). Australia has a growing Muslim population and reports of Islamophobia remain widespread. While there is some evidence, however, that forming intercultural connections can foster more positive attitudes toward religious
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The effects of stigma and discrimination on help-seeking behaviour and the role of police contact Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Jasmine Randone, Stuart D. M. Thomas
In the attempt to increase mental health-related service contacts, research has increasingly focussed on understanding help-seeking; this has repeatedly found stigma and discrimination to present as significant factors inhibiting contact with services. Other cognate research has demonstrated the over-representation of mental illness in the criminal justice system, and varied impacts of police contact
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Effects of racism and discrimination on mental health among young people in Victoria, Australia, during COVID-19 lockdown Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Kate Doery, Shuaijun Guo, Roxanne Jones, Meredith O'Connor, Craig A. Olsson, Linette Harriott, Carmel Guerra, Naomi Priest
Racism and discrimination are fundamental determinants of health inequities, with young people particularly vulnerable. Since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, reports of racism and discrimination rose sharply. This study examined direct discrimination, vicarious racial discrimination, heightened vigilance, worries about experiencing racial discrimination, COVID-19-related stressors
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New directions in intergenerational child maltreatment research and responses: Knowledge gaps and recommendations Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Emma F. McKenzie, Emily Hurren, Stacy Tzoumakis, Carleen M. Thompson, Anna Stewart
While there is much research on the topic of child maltreatment more broadly in Australia, a nuanced understanding of intergenerational child maltreatment is needed to improve our responses. Little work has considered all four intergenerational patterns of child maltreatment: cycle maintainers (maltreated parents with maltreated children), cycle breakers (maltreated parents with non-maltreated children)
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NDIS partnership working? Paradoxes, contested spaces and aspirations of disability leaders, family carers and disability services Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Christina David, Belinda Johnson, Paul Ramcharan
In 2022, a new Federal Labor government introduced an NDIA Act amendment and initiatives that indicate a reorientation to partnership working and integration of co-design principles. “Partnership working” reflects collaborative aspirations where parties commit to trust, shared goals and respect for diverse knowledges and experiences. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) espouses a partnership
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Resurgent prejudice: Responses to marriage equality in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 David Betts, James Bennett
This article explores the concept of resurgent prejudice in response to marriage equality in Australia. We are using the term “resurgent prejudice” to refer to examples of reactionary collective action directed towards the rainbow community in Australia, with a specific focus on efforts to undermine progressive developments in sexual citizenship. We argue that Australia is currently seeing forms of
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The normative nature of corporal punishment in Australia Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Laetitia-Ann Greeff
Corporal punishment (CP) is the most common and socially normative form of violence perpetrated against children and is legal in the home and some other settings in Australia. CP was made a common practice through its introduction by European settlers and Christian missionaries during colonisation. Furthermore, the defence of reasonable chastisement became part of the Australian common law in 1860
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Patterns of alleged offending amongst Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1997–2019 Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Vincent Yaofeng He, John R. Condon, Catia G. Malvaso, Tamika Williams, Leanne Liddle, Harry Blagg, Steven Guthridge
In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are much more likely to be arrested, charged with criminal offences and imprisoned than other Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders comprise 49% of young people in detention but only 5.8% of the Australian population aged 10–17. This study investigated changes between 1997 and 2019 in the interaction of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
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A decade on: The achievements and challenges of the National Disability Insurance Scheme's implementation Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Helen Dickinson, Sophie Yates
The National Disability Scheme began implementation in 2013 and in this article we reflect on its first decade. We explore why the National Disability Scheme was introduced and key design elements of the scheme before examining significant areas of debates that have emerged over this period, namely: co-design of the scheme with people with disability; scheme costs; Tier 2 services; administrative burden
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Corporal punishment: Why the intentional use of violence against children is still acceptable Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Linda Savage
In Australia assaulting another person is a criminal offence. It occurs when one person strikes another person, applying force of any kind either directly or indirectly, without the person's consent. There is an exception. Children are specifically denied legal protection from intentional assaults when it is rebranded as corporal punishment. Successive governments have failed to act to provide children
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COVID-19 stigma, Australia and slow violence: An analysis of 21 months of COVID news reporting Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Nichole Georgeou, Cymbeline Buhler King, Lilian Tame, Christina Ergler, Robert Huish
Throughout the peak periods of Australia's COVID-19 pandemic experience of 2020–2021, some lower socioeconomic areas with high migrant populations in Sydney and Melbourne were subjected to strict lockdown enforcement that included heavy police surveillance not experienced in the more affluent areas of these cities. Analysis of four major newspapers' COVID-19 coverage from January 2020 to September
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Social science as social action to address inequalities Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Zoe Staines, Kiah Smith, Stefanie Plage, Lutfun Nahar Lata, Suzanna Fay, Zhaoxi Zheng, Laura Simpson Reeves, Helen Beazley, Ella Kuskoff, Andrew Clarke, Glenys McGowan, Lynda Shevellar, Jonathan Prangnell
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two-tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric
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The importance of understanding Indigenous employment in the Indigenous business sector Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Christian Eva, Kerry Bodle, Dennis Foley, Jessica Harris, Boyd Hunter
Indigenous employment has been the subject of numerous policies in Australia, with governments aiming to increase the workforce participation rate amongst Indigenous people in recent years. Indigenous-owned businesses, formally defined as businesses that are at least 50% Indigenous-owned, have been demonstrated in previous research to maintain substantially higher levels of proportional Indigenous
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See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil: The grey literature and Australia's failure to address change in the National Disability Insurance Scheme Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 David Gilchrist, Ben Perks
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a social reform of a magnitude unseen in Australia. The Scheme's significant scope for impact warrants that proper performance evaluation is undertaken, that stakeholder interactions are collaborative and that the scheme is outcome driven. This article reviews a selection of grey literature to gain insights into the persistence of challenges
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Supporting survivors of institutional child sexual abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of not-for-profit community and legal organisations in Greater Western Sydney Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Laura J. Butler, Amy Lawton, Parisa Kalali
Before, during and since the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013–2017), not-for-profit community and legal services have been critical in supporting survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. This qualitative study aimed to explore the perspectives of community and legal service practitioners operating in Greater Western Sydney regarding the ongoing
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Social housing temperature conditions and tenant priorities Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Gemma Sansom, Cynthia Faye Barlow, Lyrian Daniel, Emma Baker
The social housing sector provides housing to some of society's most vulnerable people, disproportionately housing people with disabilities and chronic health conditions, the aged and people unable to work. These groups are often more susceptible to health impacts from poor temperature conditions within their home. In this paper, we examine temperature conditions in Australian social housing, explore
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Taking the long view: Long-term couple earnings arrangements across the transition to parenthood Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-04-16 Ruth Steinbring, Francisco Perales, Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam
This paper examines household earnings arrangements and parenthood. Previous research has shown that parenthood is associated with a motherhood wage penalty with women withdrawing from the labour market or reducing their work hours. But few studies have examined within-couple relative earnings and breadwinning arrangements across the transition to parenthood. We identify three types of households—“female-breadwinner
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Liminality, COVID-19 and the long crisis of young adults' employment Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Hernan Cuervo, Quentin Maire, Julia Cook, Johanna Wyn
The COVID-19 crisis has brought into sharp relief the precarious employment situation of young people, precipitating a raft of academic and public claims of an unprecedented crisis that has disrupted young lives. Our study contributes to research on youth labour and transitions with new longitudinal empirical analysis. Our analysis challenges the “newness” of the precarity highlighted by COVID-19,
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Attributions for underachievement among students experiencing disadvantage and support for public assistance to them Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-04-09 Jung-Sook Lee, Jihyun Lee, Meghan Stacey
In this study, we investigated people's perceptions about the causes (i.e. attributions) of underachievement among students experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage and their support for public assistance to those students. Results of an online survey conducted with Australian adults (N = 1999) revealed that people preferred societal attributions to individual attributions for underachievement among
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Do Australians trust scientists? It depends on the ‘science’ Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Bruce Tranter
Trust in science and scientists underlies public support for social and environmental issues, from taking action on climate change to preventing the spread of viruses. Nationally representative Australian survey data show that public trust in university research is higher than that conducted in other institutions. As sources of information, public trust in scientists is considered across potentially
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Policy and practice issues in making an advance care directive with decision making support: A case study Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Margo Sheahan, Christine Bigby, Jacinta Douglas
The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 (Vic) is a step toward law reform to implement supported decision making and the rights of people with disabilities enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Act includes provisions to enable a person, who might otherwise be assessed as being without decision making capacity, to make an advance care
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Mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for children: Attitudes of Western Australian parents Australian Journal Of Social Issues (IF 1.897) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Katie Attwell, Eliza Keays, Lara McKenzie, Leah Roberts, Christopher C. Blyth, Samantha J. Carlson
Australian governments have used vaccine mandates to drive high uptake of routine childhood vaccines and adult Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza vaccines. We sought to understand the attitudes of Western Australian parents regarding mandating COVID-19 vaccines for children, interviewing 44 parents of children aged up to 18 years between May and December 2021. Transcripts were analysed